Make Sound in 2018!

Live 10!

Ableton Live 10 came out on February 6 — and there is a lot to be excited about. On the Ableton website there are is a list of new features and improvements. At big brain audio, we have started video series to walk you through some of our favorite parts. The first videos will take a look at Wavetable, the new synthesizer in Live 10 based on, well… wavetable synthesis. Here’s a quick overview of Wavetable:

New Workshops in Coming Soon in Spring 2018

New workshops and courses will be announced shortly for March — June 2018

One-to-One Personalized Instruction

Some background…

big brain audio offers intensive weekend workshops in small groups as well as one-to-one instruction on Ableton Live and Native Instruments products. We are a Berlin-based Ableton Certified Training Center, with a pool of the most highly-qualified instructors in the field, headed up by Ableton Certified TrainerBrian Smith. Our aim is to make you the master of your audio production environment. Unleash your musical creativity with big brain audio! Find out more about big brain audio here.

Our workstations are outfitted with the Push 2 and Ableton Live (Suite), as well as the Native Instruments Komplete bundle of instruments and effects.

Watch our Kontour Video Tutorials

Check our “Introduction to Kontour” video tutorials! We produced nearly an hour of step-by-step walkthroughs covering the main aspects of this outstanding new Reaktor-based synthesizer created by Stephan Schmitt. Go to our dedicated Kontour page or watch them on the big brain audio YouTube channel. You can also watch all five videos in a playlist.

Learn Your Tools

Our workshops go deep. With small classes and expert teachers, we make sure you learn. And create.

Become an Expert

With full-on, all-day intensive training, our weekend workshops will turbocharge your productivity. The courses are based on step-by-step hands-on learning, ensuring the best possible learning environment.

We focus on the best tools in the industry — made by Ableton and Native Instruments — with the highly-acclaimed NI Komplete bundle, including: Reaktor, Kontakt, Absynth, Massive, FM8, and Maschine,* the world’s only fully-integrated groove production and performance system. It goes without saying that Ableton Live is our sequencing, arranging, and performance production environment. We teach musicians how to get the most out of their creativity with these high-powered studio and stage instruments.

Push Your Creativity

Take a one or two day weekend course to sharpen your audio skills on the best software and hardware tools available today. With a course maximum of twelve participants (six for one-teacher courses), you will work on your own workstation with an iMac computer, a keyboard-controller (a Maschine controller for the Maschine workshops or a Push controller for the Ableton Live workshops), audio interface, and headphones.

Our workshops have become popular through a combination of the best possible teaching environment and world-class instructors with a laid-back community experience.

Check out the upcoming workshops. To get an idea of what a big brain audio workshop is like, check out the articles from the bloghere, here and here. If you have any questions, check out our faq page or drop us a line.